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Rating: 8.5 stars

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All movies seen on 05/27/2012

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Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970)

Directed by Richard Fleischer, Kinji Fukasaku, Toshio Masuda

Action | Adventure | Drama

Overview

In the summer of 1941, the United States and Japan seem on the brink of war after constant embargos and failed diplomacy come to no end. “Tora! Tora! Tora!”, named after the code words use by the lead Japanese pilot to indicate they had surprised the Americans, covers the days leading up to the attack on Pearl Harbor, which plunged America into the Second World War.

Rated G | Length 144 minutes

Actors

Martin Balsam | Sô Yamamura | Joseph Cotten | Tatsuya Mihashi | E. G. Marshall | James Whitmore | Takahiro Tamura | Eijirô Tôno | Jason Robards | Wesley Addy | Shôgo Shimada | Frank Aletter | Koreya Senda | Leon Ames | Junya Usami | Richard Anderson | Kazuo Kitamura | Keith Andes | Susumu Fujita | Edward Andrews | Bontarô Miake | Neville Brand | Ichirô Ryûzaki | Leora Dana | Asao Uchida | George Macready | Norman Alden | Kazuko Ichikawa | Walter Brooke | Hank Jones | Rick Cooper | Karl Lukas | June Dayton | Ron Masak | Jeff Donnell | Shunichi Nakamura | Richard Erdman | Hiroshi Nihon'yanagi | Jerry Fogel | Carl Reindel | Elven Havard | Edmon Ryan | Toshio Hosokawa | Hisao Toake | Tôru Abe | Hiroshi Akutagawa | Leon Alton | Kiyoshi Atsumi | Paul Bradley | Harold Conway | Francis De Sales | George DeNormand | Glenn Dixon | Dave Donnelly | James B. Douglas | Bill Edwards | Paul Frees | Bobby Gilbert | Charles Gilbert | Torahiko Hamada | Ed Haskett | Ryôji Hayama | Andrew Hughes | Hisashi Igawa | Alex Johnson | Robert Karnes | Kenner G. Kemp | Berry Kroeger | Akira Kume | Joseph La Cava | Ken Lynch | Eitarô Matsuyama | Mitch Mitchell | Hideo Murota | Jirô Okazaki | John Pedrini | Steve Pendleton | Charlie Picerni | Joe Pine | Walter Reed | Robert Shayne | Edward Sheehan | Tommy Splittgerber | G. D. Spradlin | Hiroshi Tom Tanaka | Larry Thor | George Tobias | Arthur Tovey | Bob Turnbull | Harlan Warde | Meredith 'Tex' Weatherby | David Westberg | Bruce Wilson | Bill Zuckert | Mike Danine

Viewing History (seen 1 time)

Viewing Notes

One of my favorite war movies, specifically for the excellent cinematography by the Japanese directors, and the amazing battle sequences.

The pre-dawn takeoff scenes on the Japanese aircraft carriers are also excellent.

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